No Cash for Cohabitating Kins of Crooks Act

Joni Ernst

Republican · IA · Senator

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No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

2026-08-06

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5314 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5314 To make certain individuals and entities ineligible to participate in Federal programs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 6, 2026 Ms. Ernst introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To make certain individuals and entities ineligible to participate in Federal programs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``No Cash for Cohabitating Kins of Crooks Act''. SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Covered person.--The term ``covered person'' means an individual or entity that-- (A) owns a terminated provider; (B) resides with the owner of a terminated provider; or (C) is the spouse of the owner of a terminated provider. (2) Spouse.--The term ``spouse'' does not include an individual who-- (A) is living apart from the individual's spouse as of the last day of the most recent taxable year; and (B) is a survivor of domestic abuse committed by the individual's spouse or of spousal abandonment by the individual's current spouse. (3) Terminated provider.--The term ``terminated provider'' means a former contractor or provider of a service under a Federal program, the contract for the provision of which the Federal Government terminated as a result of fraud or a criminal conviction. (b) Prohibition.--A covered person may not enter into a contract with the Federal Government, receive a grant, loan, subaward, or reimbursement from the Federal Government, or enter into any other financial transaction for goods or services paid for in part or full by the Federal Government. <all>

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